March 12, 2012

Startup Success Has Higher Ed Wondering How It Can Capitalize

For all their similarities - visionary student founders, explosive marketshare, tremendous valuations - there is at least one difference that their respective alma matters are likely to take note of as the Facebook IPO grows near. While Stanford netted a $336 Million dollar pay-day from Google's 2004 IPO, Facebook's looming IPO will leave the trustees of Harvard with little more than a cameo in last year's Oscar-nominated film. While university investment in startups outside of technology-transfer is fairly new, college campuses have long been a breeding ground for new businesses. Read more at:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan-reid/facebook-ipo-universities-startups_b_1329370.html